The insect house, Bug World, is one of the zoo's highlights. It is likely one of the best insect displays I've ever seen. For starters, the insects are given quite spacious enclosures that put them in the context of their environment, as opposed to simple set-ups that look like those one could have obtained from any pet store.

For another, some quite unusual species were exhibited. Looking at these at a glance, I would have assumed they were stick insects. They are, in fact, horse-headed grasshoppers!

Placed on plaques throughout Bug World are poems dedicated to the exhibit's inhabitants.

Part of a comic describing conservation efforts on Partula snails. The bottom panel shows a surprisingly graphic cartoon of an invasive giant African snail crushing an invasive carnivorous snail while Bristol Zoo flies in to rescue the Partula.

A shrimp with an unusual name.

A poem for a coral.

A domino cockroach. In appearance it mimics ground beetles that are capable of spraying noxious chemicals.

It's hard to see in this picture, but this is a Lord Howe Island stick insect (sometimes called a tree lobster), one of the rarest insects in the world.